Cysticercosis
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A parasitic tissue infection caused by larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. These larval cysts infect brain, muscle or other tissue and are a major cause of adult onset seizures in most low-income countries. A person gets cysticercosis by swallowing eggs found in the faeces of a person who has an intestinal tapeworm. People do not get cysticercosis by eating undercooked pork, which can result in intestinal tapeworm if the pork contains larval cysts. Pigs become infected by eating tapeworm eggs in the faeces of a human infected with a tapeworm. Both the tapeworm infection, also known as taeniasis, and cysticercosis occur globally. The highest rates of infection are found in areas of Latin America, Asia and Africa that have poor sanitation and free-ranging pigs that have access to human feces.
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